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...always seems like we have some sort of exchange on court in every match we play,” Broadbent said...
...Broadbent jumped ahead early, winning the first game 9-6 and controlling the front court to pull ahead 8-3 in the second as Illingworth became increasingly frustrated, spiking his racket even before he tinned at the end of a long point...
Then, in the fifth game, Broadbent dropped the first three points but recovered to take a 5-3 lead. After falling behind 6-5, Broadbent regained the serve by barely grazing the front wall as Illingworth prepared for a deep shot and ran the score to 8-5. Illingworth won a handout, but then lost the next point, throwing his racket and discrediting whispers in the crowd that he didn’t care about the outcome of the match because Harvard had already locked up the victory in the process...
...next day, with the Crimson and the Bantams even at three individual matches apiece and the title on the line, Broadbent picked apart 2002 intercollegiate champion Samper, lunging to put several points away as Samper repeatedly caught the top of the tin on others...
...Broadbent said. “I can cover the court side to side very well. If I can just keep the ball on my racket in the middle of the court, then I’m the one in control. I’m the one dictating pace...